Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 35260, Paul Dodge, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Dodge, Paul
S 35260
CONTENTS

Let to Hm. J. Bailey H.R. Apr 21. 1836
16,544 Maine
Paul Dodge
of Newcastle in the Dist Dist of Maine who was a Lieutenant in the regiment commanded by Colonel Baldwin of the Massachusetts line, for the term of one year
scribed on the Roll of the Dist of Maine at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 9 of April 1819.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th of October 1819 and sent to Josiah Stebbins Esq r Judge of Pennebec, Maine
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1819: $97.33 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Mar 1820: $120 $217.33
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Discontinued
Notification sent to Genl. Thatcher Esq r 29 July 1820
Thomaston Maine
Notation sent to Genl. Thatcher Esq r 29 July 1820

I, Paul Dodge, of New Castle in the County of Lincoln and State of Massachusetts, aged seventy four years, a resident citizen of the United States, desiring to obtain the provision of a law of Congress, entitled, "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," and to be placed on the pension list for the Dis- trict of Maine, do on oath testify and declare: That, having been formed a considerable time I should think about a year, with a company of minute-men, so called, at Ipswich in Massachusetts in which I served as a ser- jeant, I marched and entered the service a- gainst the enemy before Boston, on the day of Lexington battle, April 19. 1775. Here I was ap- pointed an Ensign, in which office I served a few months, I think about three, when I was promoted to a lieu- tenancy, in which office, I served was commis- sioned and served, in the Company of Captain Richard Dodge in Col. L. Baldwin's, or Balder's

regiment, in the Massachusetts line, on the continental establishment, in the war of the revolution, until after the battles of Trenton and Princeton, as I shall mention. We were stationed in Chelsea, opposite Winnesimmet Ferry, which is between Boston and Chelsea, till about March, 1776, when we marched by Providence and New London, & Prince passed by water to New York. Among other duty I was here employed in towing a part of the Chelsea defences from Eastern River up North River, when my men being necessarily absent, I alone drove and beat off the deck two men apparently insigners , and rescued the vessel, with which the next day we proceeded and discharged our duty. I was at the battle of Trenton, after which my time expired. I will here remark that I then commanded the Company, as I had generally done for several months before, Capt Richard Dodge being much absent, his skills

in mechanism, particularly in carpentry in which he excelled being useful and often required. As we were marching to the battle of Trenton, in the latter part of the night, we passed a wall by the road side; over the wall I saw the heads of a few persons, and hailed them sharply, bringing my carbine into a position to take aim: I was answered in a voice well known to me, calling me by name; and bidding me march on; it was Gen. Washington with his life-guard, who had taken that place to view us as we passed. After the expiration of my time of service Gen. Washington requested me, in consequence of the critical situation of the army and the country, to volunteer a few weeks. I think it was for six, and to engage a company, which I did to the number of sixty or a little more, whom I commanded

at the battle of Princeton and to the end of our engagement. I then took an affectionate leave of General Washington and his services, who on this occasion, as he had done in "the spe- cial cases, made to me very kind expressions of his confidence and satisfaction. Though the recollection of his friendship is a rich reward to my mind, it can not feed my body; and by reason of my reduced circumstan- ces in life I am in need of assistance from my country for support. My commission was preserved several years, but I have not seen it for many years, & I know not that it is in existence.
Paul Dodge.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Lincoln ss. on the ninth day of April A.D. 1819, before me Josiah Stebbins a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Second Eastern Circuit, personally appeared

Paul Dodge, afore named, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing Declaration by him subscribed by my hand, at his request, his hand from tremulousness being unable to guide the pen.
Josiah Stebbins.

I Nathaniel Webb of New Castle in the County of Lincoln, testify and say that I was in the year's service of 1776, and served in Col. Nixon's regiment, for which I have been favoured with a pension. I well knew Lieutenant Paul Dodge, who served in that office, a lieutenant, for that year and until his time was out, when he volunteered a few weeks and was at the battle of Princeton. He served faithfully & did his duty, and left the service with honour. Nathaniel Webb
Sep. 6.

Paul Dodge -
15.541.
The situation of Col. Dodge's property being peculiar it is thought proper to add the following statement explanatory - March 10/20
Old furniture unproductive $ lab. - Debts due him 991.27 $1055.27
The debt aforesaid is payable by installments of $200 each, of which it is stated that by reason of necessary anticipations about $40 only will become due the first of Jan'y. 1821. Afterwards $200 annually on the first of each January following - Consequently he has but 40 dollars at his disposal for about a year and a half from this time to meet his various expenses - then $200 annually
E. Hatcher
Copy. Attest Nat. Coffin Clerk

STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at Wiscasset, within and for the County of Lincoln, on the third Tuesday, being the twentieth day of June, and by adjournment from day to day, on the twelfth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable JOSIAH STEBBINS & EBENEZER THATCHER, Judges of said Court.
ON this sixth eleventh day of July in the year 1820, personally appeared before Ebenezer Thatcher a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit. the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Circuit, Paul Dodge aged Seventy five years, resident in Newcastle in said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a Lieutenant in the company commanded by Capt. Richard Dodge in the Regiment commanded by Colonel L Baldwin in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the 9 th day of April A. D. 181 9 , and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 15544 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 ; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818 : and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me ; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed ; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Paul Dodge
Sworn to and declared, on the eleventh day of July A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE
Ebenezer Thatcher
{ One of the Judges of the said Court.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
1 Mare - 1 Cow 1 Pig - I have a demand against Washington Dodge for $991.27 payable $200 yearly till it is paid - Furniture - 1 Block - 1 Desk, 1 Case of drawers 1 Close stool 2 tables. 2 Chests, 6 chairs 1 bible Several other books worth $20. The note next due is mostly paid to me, and my wood house rent & keeping my cow amounts $74 a year - beside other necessary expenses of nursing medicine & attendance &c. I being entirely helpless & requiring the aid of one & sometimes two persons Paul Dodge
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Paul Dodge who, by occupation am a labourer which I am unable to pursue by reason of being very feeble lame in my limbs so that I cannot dress myself
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Sarah 74 years My wife is very feeble & cannot do any kind of work, I have to keep a woman to wait on us - and with nursing & watching & doctors bills to make me & my aged wife comfortable - the least expense that I am put to yearly is not less than four hundred dollars  
Attest Nat. Coffin Clerk
Paul Dodge
STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.
I, NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the county of Lincoln, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court ; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is ten hundred fifty five dollars and thirty seven cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 11th day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Nat Coffin Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of Lincoln.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Paul Dodge a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S.F. 35260
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 1775 1900 Sergt of a Co. of minute men at Ipswich Richard Dodge L. Baldwin Mass.   Ensign   Lieut   Served until after battle of Princeton.  
Battles engaged in, Trenton, Princeton.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated
Date of application for pension, Apr. 9. 1819  His wife was alive
Residence at date of application, New Castle, Lincoln County, Mass.
Age at date of application, 74 yrs.
Remarks: In 1820 his wife Sarah was 74 years old. There is no other data on file as to his family. The above noted is only soldier of this name etc.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Rev. - 2 AM PM. Clarkston, Ga., Sept. 13 th 1917,
Mr. E. C. Freeman.
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Yours of Sept. 10 th at hand, and in reply I wish to submit to you a few dates &c I think may help to find what I need to know -
I copied it from Book on "Dodge" at the Historical Rooms at Boston, Mass but did not have time to complete my search on account of illness -

I have made a copy so it need not be returned -
And I am asking you to try once more to find out for me enough for me to join -
If you can find nothing - can you tell me where else to inquire?
Thanking you for your courtesy and patience, I am
Yours Truly -
(Mrs.) Alice H. Alderman
Box 105 -

Capt - Dodge, Paul - Ipswich - Sergeant, Capt. Elisha Whitney's Co. of minute men, which march on the alarm of April 19 - 1775, from Ipswich Hamlet to Mystic; Returned April 22 - 1775; also marched from Ipswich Hamlet to Cambridge May 1 st 1775; service 16 days; also Ensign, Capt. Richards Dodge's Co., Col. Gerrish regt.; Return dated Camp at Chelsea, July 28 - 1775; also 2 d Lieut. Capt. Richard Dodge's (3 d ) Co., Lieut. Col. Loammi Baldwin's (late Gerrish's) 38 th regt.; Muster roll dated Aug. 1 st 1775; engaged April 30, 1775; service 11 weeks 4 days; also company return dated Chelsea, Sept. 1 - 1775; also " " " Oct. 2 - 1775; also, letter from Gen. W. Heath to Col. Loammi Baldwin at Chelsea, dated Camp at Cambridge, Dec. 17 th 1775, stating that certain appointments, previously asked for, would be confirmed; said Dodge to be commissioned as 1 st Lieutenant; also 2 nd Lieut.; account of rations allowed officers of Lieut. Col. Baldwin's regt. between July 1 st 1775, and Dec. 31 st 1775, dated Chelsea; also Receipt, dated Trenton, Jan. 1 - 1776, signed by said Dodge - for bounty for men - in Col. Baldwin's regt. who agreed to serve 6 weeks from the last of Dec. 1775; also 1 st Lieut. Col. Baldwin's (26 th ) regt.; return of officers dated Cambridge, Jan. 8 th 1776; also pay abstracts for  for ration allowance Jan. - March, 1776; also, receipt, dated New York, April 2 nd 1776, for ration allowance, Jan. 1 st , 1776 to Apr. 1 st 1776; also, pay abstracts for April - June, 1776; also list of men returned as having lost articles at the evacuation of N.Y. Sept. 14 th 1776;

also company returns - dated Newtown, Dec. 21-1776, and Mixfield, Dec. 28-1776; also return of officers in Col. Baldwin's reg't. who marched on expedition to Trenton Dec. 26-1776, dated Mixfield, Penn., Dec. 29-1776; also return of men who tarried six weeks from Dec. 31-1776.
Dodge - Paul - born May 17-1745 - married Sarah Dodge Oct. 3-1765
Dodge - Paul - (Page 95 - line 4 -) was Col.
X Mass. Militia in 1780.
Dodge - Paul - (his) father -
(Col.) born Hamble Parish - 1709-10 died Jan. 3-1773 - 64 years - buried Hamilton Cemetery - married (1) Jerusha Dodge of Beverly - - Pub. 19 - Nov - 1732 married - (2) Faith Jewell - da. of Maximilian,
of Rowley - Pub. Feb. 2. 1735,
Between 1734 and 1763 eight deeds were made and put on record, conveying land to him -, and two deeds have been preserved unrecorded, now in the hands of Joshua G. Dodge - of Arlington Mass. a descendant.

35260 Rev INVALID.
1917 Sept. 19 Hist. to Mrs. Alice H. Alderman.
File No. 35260
Paul Dodge Lint Rev 188
Act: 18 March 188
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 112
[Arrangement of 1870.]

House of Reps.
April 13. 1836.
Sir,
I would respectfully request to be informed, to what time , Paul Dodge late of Newcastle, County of Lincoln, State of Maine, dec d drew his pension; and what the amount of that pension was, that is, whether he drew as an Officer, or as a Private. He was struck off the roll under the law of 1820.
His heirs wish to see whether Congress will not give them the Pension from the time he ceased to receive it, to the time of his death. An Official statement of the time when the pension ceased, seems to be necessary to be laid before the Committee.
Very respectfully, Your most Ob t . Serv t .
J. Bailey
Hon. J. S. Colwards Commissioner of Pensions

Paul Dodge, Lieutenant, Maine Roll, Act Mar. 18. 1878.
Be pleased to say up to what time and what rate this Pension was last paid?
Pension Office } Apr. 21. 1836 }
Paid to 4 March 1820, at the rate of 20 dollars per month as appears by Rolls in Second Comptroller's Office
C. S. Hanchett, Clk.

4870 Paul Dodge.
Josiah Stebbins
Judge
Kennebec, Maine,
Rec d Sept. 20. 1819.
Adm c
1 st 1775 - in S. Baldwin's regt.
Register (D)

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that Paul Doder , a citizen of the United States, now resident in New Castle , in the said County of Lincoln , in the District of Maine, on the ninth day of April , A. D. 1819: made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war," passed March 18, A. D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by said applicant are hereunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a Lieutenant in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for his support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the said Court to be hereunto affixed, this tenth day of September in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and eight  nineteen .
Josiah Stebbins.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
KENNEBEC, ss.
I THE Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Kennebec, hereby certify that the Honorable JOSIAH STEBBINS, Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto this certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand:—Dated at Augusta, in said County of Kennebec, this day of _____ in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
Authentication of La代's office under Seal of State was transmitted June 21. 1819—On papers from the war office reference is endorsed to "case of James Robinson!!"